A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 1995

大话西游之月光宝盒 dà huà xī yóu zhī yuèguāng bǎo hé

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

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4.56 Intermediate Director Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai IMDb 7.5

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Joker / Monkey King Richard Ng Man-Tat Richard Ng Man-Tat Piggy Law Kar-Ying Law Kar-Ying Longevity Monk Yammie Lam Kit-Ying Yammie Lam Kit-Ying Spider Demon Karen Mok Man-Wai Karen Mok Man-Wai White-Bone Demon / Pak Jing Jing Johnnie Kong Johnnie Kong Sandy / Blindy Lu Shuming Lu Shuming King Bull Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai Grape Buddha Athena Chu Yan Athena Chu Yan Lin Zixia Lee Kin-Yan Lee Kin-Yan

Vocabulary

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这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
好不 好不 hǎo bù not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
老大不小 老大不小 lǎo dà bù xiǎo no longer a child (idiom) ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
几分 幾分 jǐ fēn somewhat; a bit ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
打不过 打不過 dǎ bu guò to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
慢用 慢用 màn yòng same as ∼HSK 1
想睡 想睡 xiǎng shuì drowsy; sleepy ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
老小 老小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young; the youngest member of the family ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
试试看 試試看 shì shì kàn to give it a try ∼HSK 1
没有事 沒有事 méi yǒu shì not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening ∼HSK 1
大白 大白 dà bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
上天 上天 shàng tiān Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
好过 好過 hǎo guò to have an easy time; (feel) well ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
老天 老天 lǎo tiān God; Heavens ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
还手 還手 huán shǒu to hit back; to retaliate ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
穿梭 穿梭 chuān suō to travel back and forth; to shuttle ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
跑出 跑出 pǎo chū to run out ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
大我 大我 dà wǒ the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
看上 看上 kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
骡子 騾子 luó zi mule ∼HSK 1
关门 關門 guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
少不了 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
不用说 不用說 bù yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying ∼HSK 1